LIT 225H - Shakespeare: Tragedy and Comedy

Credit(s): 3

In this course students will read, discuss and, if possible, see a presentation of selected tragedies and comedies: King Lear, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and others. (Spring Semester)

Course Learning Outcomes

Draw reasonable inferences, interpret, and critically analyze a play.
Discuss the life of William Shakespeare.
Describe the nature of Elizabethan theatre.
Read and understand poetic language as written by Shakespeare.
Relate Shakespeare’s plays to the human experience, such as human motives, conflicts, and values
Define tragedy and comedy.
Describe the nature and purpose of the soliloquy and monologue.
Examine the nature of human experience and/or artistic expression.